Rosetta is a 1999 French-Belgian film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne. It is about a seventeen year old girl (played by Émilie Dequenne) who lives in a trailer park with her alcoholic mother. Trying to survive and to escape her situation, she attempts to find and hold a job that will allow her to move out of the caravan and away from her mother.
In Belgium the film inspired a new law prohibiting employers from paying teen workers less than the minimum wage.
Rosetta won the Palme d'Or and the Best Actress awards at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
The Arts and Faith website ranks it at number 33 in its "Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films" list (as of December, 2006).
Rosetta: "Tu t'appelles Rosetta... Je m'appelle Rosetta... Tu as trouvé un travail ... J'ai trouvé un travail ... Tu as trouvé un ami ... J'ai trouvé un ami ... Tu as une vie normale... J'ai une vie normale... Tu ne tomberas pas dans le trou... Je ne tomberai pas dans le trou... Bonne nuit... Bonne nuit..."
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The first scene, like almost all others, is a fighting scene. A girl, about 18, is sacked from her factory work because her trial period is over. The girl, Rosetta, is quite upset and the cops will have to arrive to get her out. She has her reasons: she lives in a caravan, with her alcoholic mother. She goes looking for work as some go to the war. Treasons, murders are in her mind, if not in her acts.
Keywords: alcoholic-mother, betrayal, character-name-in-title, chase, desperation, fired-from-the-job, fishing, friendship, hand-held, job
Rosetta: Your name is Rosetta. My name is Rosetta. You found a job. I found a job. You've got a friend. I've got a friend. You have a normal life. I have a normal life. You won't fall in a rut. I won't fall in a rut. Good night. Good night.
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A comedic webseries that follows motivational speaker Nathan "The Miracle" Spiracle as he embarks on a weekend seminar from hell. A host of well-intentioned weirdos just can't seem to grasp his brilliant concepts for improving their small businesses. Hilarity ensues.
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Loulou is a wolf. Tom is a rabbit. As curious as it may seem, Loulou and Tom have been inseparable since they were little. Now in their teens, they live the easy life in the Land of the Rabbits. But Loulou, who thought he was an orphan, learns that his bohemian mother is alive. The two friends set out to find her in the principality of Wolfenberg, the Land of the Wolves. They arrive in the middle of the Meat-eaters' Festival, a yearly get together for the world's great carnivores. Will Loulou and Tom's friendship survive in the land where herbivores always end up as the main course? What incredible secret lies behind Loulou's birth?
Il successo è una bomba e può scoppiarti in mano
Mary Millington is Queen of the Blues!
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Ernesto ritorna dalla prigionia in Germania, alla fine della Seconda Guerra mondiale. E' solo, la casa distrutta, la mamma morta, la sorella scomparsa. La ritrova in un bordello, durante la colluttazione che nasce con lo sfruttatore la ragazza rimane uccisa e l'uomo viene spinto da Ernesto nella tromba delle scale. Ferito e inseguito dalla polizia si rifugia in casa di una prostituta che è a capo di una banda di rapinatori. Diventa amante della donna e capo della banda, ma il ricavato delle imprese lo elargisce in atti benefici che i compagni disapprovano. Un giorno, mentre con assalta una macchina con i complici, Ernesto viene denunciato alla polizia dalla stessa prostituta che vuole vendicarsi di una offesa subita. Potrebbe salvarsi, ma rinuncia a mettersi in salvo per portare a casa la bambina di un suo ex compagno che si trovava nella macchina assalita. Non rispondendo all'alt intimatogli dagli agenti, viene colpito a morte dagli stessi.
Keywords: brothel, italian-noir, neorealism, new-year's-eve, robbery, shot-in-the-torso, soldier, turin-italy
A searing drama of moral and social chaos!
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Divorced Ethnologist John Parker loves his two boys, Al and Terry, and misses them terribly when they have to leave his archaeological dig at the end of the summer. While Al goes to military school, Terry returns home and learns that his mother, Grace, has married Dr. Phil Shumaker, a stable man who can provide the home that Grace never had with John. When John gets a note from Terry saying that Grace has married and he wishes he were dead, John decides to give up his work and go to his sons. He visits Al at military school first and asks his assistance in helping Terry to accept Phil as his new father. Though the terms of the divorce prevent John from seeing Terry at home, he takes a place near them and asks Al to keep in touch with him about Terry's progress. Though Phil tries to be a good father, he does not understand Terry and makes rules that are impossible for the child to follow.
Keywords: accident, arizona, blood-transfusion, brother-brother-relationship, canoe, corporal-punishment, desert, divorce, doctor, dog
How do ah learn to
Fly,
When I'm down on
Mah knees?
Don't give me any
Surprises,
'Cause ah know you're
There for me!
You'll always be here
For me, no ma-tter what
Just tell me every-thing
That you know 'bout me
I'll do any-thing for
You to be here...
With me
How do ah learn to
Fly,
When I'm down on
Mah knees?
So... oh oh
Oh... oh oh
Teach me to fly!
I'll do a-ny-thing
So... oh oh
Don't give me
Don't give me any
Surprises,
'Cause ah know you're
There for me!
You'll always be here,
Always be there...
But one thing I know...
Is that you'll always
Be in mah
Hea-aaa-aart!
Tell me everything
Ya know 'bout me
Yea-aaa-aah
Oh oh...
Yeahhh
Well, my little girl is a sweet little girl
But she does things that make your eyebrows curl
You let her lose for a Friday night
You know it's gonna end in a fight Rosetta drinks her whisky neat
She gets in a fight and she might get beat
So I go round on the Saturday night
And ask her if she feels alright Rosetta are you better, are you well, well, well
Rosetta are you better, are you well, well, well
Well, well, well - well, well, well - well, well, well When Friday comes she's fine again
So we go to a club where we got friends
Knocked on the door but we couldn't get in'Cos the boss don't want no fuss So we went up town and we drank around
And Rosie ended on the ground
I took her home and I put her to bed
And you can guess what I said Rosetta are you better, are you well, well, well
Rosetta are you better, are you well, well, well
Well, well, well - well, well, well - well, well, well Rosetta are you better, are you well, well, well ... Well, my little girl is a sweet little girl
But she does things, makes your eyebrows curl
You let her lose on a Friday night
You know it's gonna end in a fight Rosetta are you better, are you well, well, well ...
Well, well, well - well, well, well - well, well, well ...
You know it's alright, you hear what I say
Rosetta my Rossetta
In my heart dear there's nobody else but you
Rosetta, my Rosetta
Don't you ever leave me for some other cat that's new
You made my life a dream
Now I pray you'll make it come true
Rosetta, my Rosetta
Let me get to know you better, Rosetta
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